Tag Archive | domestic violence

Originally posted on Emily L. Hauser – In My Head: PLEASE SEE VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE, HERE. I am famously Not On Facebook (well, “famously” among you folks, anyway), but not being on Facebook doesn’t mean that I’m entirely unaware of the phenomenon. And it strikes me that, much like Twitter, there are probably nearly as…

I’m guilty of using the word “co-dependency” in a few places on my blog. I actually have a bit of an issue with the word and its connotations, because it often tends to come across as “blaming the victim”. But, lacking a better term, “co-dependency” sometimes creeps in. I think the problem I have with […]

In commemoration of International Women’s Day: One-International Abuse of any kind does not discriminate; let us continue to break down the walls of silence, to continue to dialogue about our experiences, to shine a light into the darkness, to be part of a revolution decrying not only violence against women, but all forms of abuse. […]

This TED video came up on the radar yesterday (I just discovered the TED channel recently, and I think it is SO the cat’s bum). Anyway, in a nutshell, an 11-year-old boy in Kenya, whose family raised cattle near Nairobi National Park, had a huge problem with lions jumping their fences and attacking their animals. […]

This morning’s paper featured a lengthy spread about the burden domestic violence places on the justice system. Clearly, this is an increasing problem, and it’s heartbreaking. But I had to stop and wonder… Are we too focused on dealing with domestic violence at a reactionary stage? I’m a firm believer that actual violence is almost […]

The backtracking I described in my previous post, “The Onion“, led me a book that described my situation like no other: The Narcissistic Family: Diagnosis and Treatment by Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman and Robert M. Pressman, published by Jossey-Bass Publishers in San Francisco. Before I get into what I learned, I want to emphasize that I do […]